[PATCH v3 0/2] Don't create Python bytecode when building the kernel

[Dmitry Baryshkov]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 03:51:03PM +0800, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> 
> As reported by Andy, the Kernel build system runs kernel-doc script for DRM,
> when W=1. Due to Python's normal behavior, its JIT compiler will create
> a bytecode and store it under scripts/lib/*/__pycache__. 
> 
> As one may be using O= and even having the sources on a read-only mount
> point, disable its creation during build time.

Would it be possible to properly support O= and create pyc / pycache
inside the object/output dir?

> 
> This only solves half of the issue though, as one may be manually running
> the script by hand, without asking Python to not store any bytecode.
> This should be OK, but afterwards, git status will list the __pycache__ as
> not committed. To prevent that, add *.pyc to .gitignore.
> 
> ---
> 
> v3:
>  - changed the order of PYTHONDONTBYTECODE;
>  - patched also scripts/Makefile
> 
> Mauro Carvalho Chehab (2):
>   scripts/kernel-doc.py: don't create *.pyc files
>   .gitignore: ignore Python compiled bytecode
> 
>  .gitignore                    | 1 +
>  drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile      | 2 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile | 2 +-
>  include/drm/Makefile          | 2 +-
>  scripts/Makefile.build        | 2 +-
>  scripts/find-unused-docs.sh   | 2 +-
>  6 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.49.0
> 
> 

-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry